

CounterSpin
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
CounterSpin is the weekly radio show of FAIR, the national media watch group.
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May 23, 2025 • 28min
Bryce Covert on Work Requirements, Erin Reed on Trans Care ‘Questions’
The feint Congress is using to cut Medicare—we’re just forcing recipients to work, like they should—is obvious, age-old and long-disproven.

May 16, 2025 • 28min
Mara Kronenfeld on Israel’s Aid Blockade
Millions around the world ask every day what it will take to awaken the conscience of leaders to stop the genocide of Palestinians.

May 9, 2025 • 28min
Bartlett Naylor on Meme Coin Grift, Ashley Nunes on Public Land Selloff
Our lack of knowledge of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency will only hurt us in our response to the effects that the dealings around that stuff are having on our lives.

May 2, 2025 • 28min
Tanya Clay House on Freedom to Learn, Danaka Katovich on Attacks on Activists
The Trump White House seeks to denounce and derail multiracial democracy—in part by erasing the history of Black people in this country.

Apr 18, 2025 • 28min
Khury Petersen-Smith on Yemen Distortions
The Yemeni people are paying the price both for the fighting and for the distortions around it, from political elites and their media amplifiers.

Apr 11, 2025 • 28min
Dara Lind on Criminalizing Immigrants
What can thinking, feeling human beings do now to protect fellow humans who are immigrants in this country?

Apr 4, 2025 • 28min
Paul Offit on RFK Jr. and Measles, Jessica González on Trump’s FCC
Kennedy’s unorthodox ideas may get us all killed while media whistle.

Mar 28, 2025 • 28min
Michael Arria on Gaza Pushback
Pretending protest isn’t happening is aiding and abetting the work of the silencers; it’s telling lies about who we are and what we can do.

Mar 21, 2025 • 28min
Nancy Altman on Social Security Attacks
All that’s in the balance are human lives and health, and the ability of working people to plan for our futures.

Mar 14, 2025 • 28min
David Perry on MAGA & Disability, Kehsi Iman Wilson (2023) on ADA
Policy impacts on people with disabilities are overwhelmingly an afterthought for corporate media, though it’s a community anyone can join at any moment.